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    Grand Alliance’s failure holds a mirror to the RJD

    opinion
    Published on Nov 16, 2025 16:22 IST
    Even as Tejashwi Yadav rose as the face of the party’s future, the party’s past — one defined by the “15-years-of-misrule” narrative — hung like an albatross from his neck. (PTI)

    Bihar’s political chess master and his moves

    Nitish was the first Bihar CM to initiate a policy to offer every family a home and every home a drinking water connection. (PTI)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 16, 2025 16:21 IST

    Missing women in the assemblies, Parliament

    Thanks to reservation, our panchayats have 33% elected women and, in states such as Bihar 50%, but in the Lok Sabha, it’s 14% and in state assemblies it’s an average of 9%. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 15, 2025 16:28 IST

    India’s war films: Of nationalism and the stories we tell

    Memorials, parades, and patriotic cinema have become rituals of belonging. (ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 15, 2025 16:28 IST

    Bihar elections: Looking beyond the Mandal versus Kamandal paradigm

    Mandal endures because caste continues to be a material concern for millions of Indians, not because it’s an ideological project. (HT Photo)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 15, 2025 16:28 IST

    Trump and the BBC: Misreporting triggers a crisis

    The BBC should have admitted its mistake and apologised without being forced to do so after Trump called it out and threatened to sue the Corporation. (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 15, 2025 16:28 IST

    Never-ending wait for Bihar’s transformation

    Women remain underrepresented as legislators, organisational leaders and policy shapers. Bihar thus represents a distinctive feminist paradox — women as the infrastructure of political participation but rarely its architects. (@CEOBihar X/ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 14, 2025 17:20 IST

    Bihar election verdict offers lessons for political princelings

    There’s a lesson in the results for Tejashwi, Rahul Gandhi and Mukesh Sahani. You can’t surface just before the elections to entice the voters with gimmicks and expect to sweep them off their feet. (AICC/ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 14, 2025 17:20 IST

    Why India’s judiciary needs to defend free speech

    It is worth remembering that our courts are meant to function as courts of law, not courts of moral, or public opinion. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 13, 2025 15:43 IST

    Air pollution in Delhi-NCR: The right way to talk about it

    When we start localising the problem, people begin to see themselves in the story and are more inclined to act. City-specific data, community health impacts, or neighbourhood stories make the air quality issue tangible. (ANI)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 13, 2025 15:43 IST

    Connecting the dots in the Red Fort car blast

    Terrorism cannot be created anew. It can only build on an existing divisive situation. Pakistan is a prime example. (ANI)
    opinion
    Updated on Nov 13, 2025 15:43 IST

    Lesson from past epidemics: The front lines of public health are not hospitals

    Ebola’s legacy reveals an uncomfortable truth: Environmental sustainability is not just conservation, it is disease prevention. (REUTERS)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 13, 2025 14:20 IST

    Coral depletion to epidemics: How environmental collapse fuelled Ebola outbreak

    A health worker watches a burial team with Ebola victims in Liberia. (Getty File)
    opinion
    Updated on Nov 13, 2025 10:04 IST

    2025 Booker Prize: Szalay’s fiction builds on the melancholy of Europe

    Some of the novels short-listed for this year’s Booker prize share this particular trait of exploring solitariness as an awareness of the body. (AP)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 12, 2025 15:27 IST

    Next-generation ESG reforms in India through smart proteins and animal welfare

    Smart proteins account for a fraction of the land- and water-use and emissions tied to conventional livestock-based protein production. They also align with India’s long cultural familiarity with plant-based diets. (Bloomberg)
    opinion
    Updated on Nov 12, 2025 15:27 IST

    In the Nithari case, an indictment of procedural deficiencies

    The parents were the first to report their children missing in 2005, the first to protest outside D5, and the last to be heard. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 12, 2025 15:26 IST

    India’s Silver Future: Building a society that ages gracefully

    Traditionally, Indian families cared collectively for elders. But as joint families shrink, many seniors face financial insecurity, loneliness, and, increasingly, abuse or abandonment. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 11, 2025 15:04 IST

    Why Bihar’s government finances are in doldrums

    Nearly 88% of Bihar’s population still lives in rural areas, underlining the absence of urbanisation and industrialisation. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 11, 2025 15:04 IST

    Locking in the gains of Operation Sindoor

    India needs to augment Brahmos’s capability to penetrate hardened and underground targets. It must also be mindful of this requirement when acquiring future precision-targeting weapons. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 11, 2025 15:04 IST

    Shaping India’s liberal arts education for the AI age

    The liberal arts curriculum is where ethical imagination is forged. It trains students to ask sharper, more meaningful questions. (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 11, 2025 15:04 IST

    What India needs to do to become an arbitration hub

    Despite the authoritative rulings of the Supreme Court, the reality remains very different. Section 34 petitions continue to evolve into extended battles, followed by Section 37 appeals and sometimes even special leave petitions before the Court. (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 10, 2025 15:57 IST

    COP30 must drive shift from pledges to action

    With the COP presidency having returned to a developing country, there is an opportunity for the Global South to seize the climate agenda. (AFP/COP30 Press Office)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 10, 2025 15:57 IST

    Pakistan and Asim Munir: Bending Constitution to back a garrison State

    Today, there is little challenge to Munir in Pakistan even though he has not captured executive power in the country. (AFP/ISPR)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 10, 2025 15:57 IST

    Trace to Trade: Powering India’s Digital Leap in Animal Husbandry

    What is striking is the ambition of NDLM. It is not just for cattle and buffalo, but also for registering sheep and goats, and creating digital identities for the millions of small ruminants that sustain the poorest rural households (HT Archive)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 10, 2025 14:54 IST

    The Taste by Vir Sanghvi: Best meals I ate outside India

    Vir Sanghvi's culinary adventures outside India include restaurants across continents. (Representative picture: Freepik)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 10, 2025 08:22 IST

    The true meaning of politeness, and its limits

    The national director of the Miss Universe contest being held in Thailand insulted Miss Mexico, who stood her ground, and in solidarity with her, all other contestants staged a walkout. Ironically, the national director shouted the word “polite”
    opinion
    Updated on Nov 10, 2025 05:00 IST

    Mind The Gap: A week of pure good news

    Harmanpreet Kaur (L) and Deepti Sharma after the dismissal of South African skipper Laura Wolvaardt
    opinion
    Published on Nov 10, 2025 01:30 IST

    India’s litmus test in import of Russian oil

    Anticipating reduced supplies to European countries once the EU ban takes effect, Indian refiners have started diversifying their export destinations to markets such as Brazil, Turkey, and the UAE (Bloomberg)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 9, 2025 14:55 IST

    The case to regulate work hours in offices

    A company specialising in human resources found out that office stress and its resultant complications in domestic life adversely affected the women more, as reflected in the higher rate of attrition among them (Shutterstock)
    opinion
    Updated on Nov 9, 2025 15:06 IST

    COP 30: At Belem, India must own its climate story

    India has already met its 2030 goal of 50% of power generation capacity from non-fossil sources five years ahead of schedule (in July 2025) (AFP)
    opinion
    Published on Nov 9, 2025 14:48 IST
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